In these Terms, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms shall have the following meaning:

Affiliate means a person controlling, controlled by, or under the same control as C-Patex.

Airdrop means the distribution of Tokens conducted via the Platform.

Airdrop Operator means the entity conducting the Airdrop as indicated in the Airdrop Terms.

Airdrop Page means the dedicated Airdrop page on the Platform.

Airdrop Terms means certain Airdrop Terms & Conditions that are provided on the Airdrop Page.

App means C-Patex applications (including mobile, web, desktop), if any, and any associated software and application programming interface (API).

Communications means any letters, notices, messages, demands, requests, or other communications which may be required, permitted, or contemplated hereunder.

Communication Channels means the Website, our Twitter account, our Telegram channels, chats, groups, or bots, our Facebook account, and our YouTube channel. Links to our Communication Channels are provided on the Website.

Consumer means a natural person using the Services for personal or household purposes as defined under the applicable legislation, i.e. for certain purposes that are wholly or mainly outside their trade, business, craft, or profession.

C-Patex, we, us, our means DLT Swap Technologies Ltd, a company, established under the laws of Seychelles, having registered address at House of Francis, Room 303, Ile Du Port, Mahe, Seychelles.

C-Patex Information means any information, statements, announcements, data, content, and other materials provided on or through the Platform, and any communications made by us or on our behalf, as well as any other information however communicated by us or on our behalf with respect to the Services.

C-Patex Parties means C-Patex, Affiliates, their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, contractors, successors, and assignees.

Credentials means the data that can be used to log in, access, and manage your User Account, including your username, password, two-factor authentication codes, etc.

Deposit means a Transaction whereby a User transfers Funds to the balance of their User Account.

Digital Assets means cryptocurrencies and other cryptographic tokens, such as, for example, Tokens, Project Tokens, Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), USD Tether (USDT), etc.

Disputemeans any dispute, controversy, claim, suit, action, cause of action, demand, or proceeding.

Exchange means certain services as may be from time to time provided by C-Patex or designated Affiliates, or third persons via the Platform allowing the Users to transact with other Users in the Funds and to stake certain Digital Assets.

Fees means certain fees charged by us in connection with the Services, including the fees for certain Transactions, Storage Fee, etc. The Fees may be outlined at our Fees Schedule.

Fees Schedule means our Fees Schedule, as may be updated from time to time and available at https://c-patex.com/fees.

Fiat Currency means the government-issued currency that is designated as legal tender through government decree, regulation, or the law, such as, for example, U.S. dollar.

Force Majeure Circumstances includes, without limitation, (i) fire, flood, hostility, pandemic, act of God, explosion, strike; (ii) war, undeclared war, civil war, revolution, riot, act of terrorism, military actions, interventions, and operations; (iii) epidemic, pandemic, insurrection, labour dispute, accident; (iv) sanctions, government actions, embargoes; (v) injunctions, cease and desist orders, restraining or similar orders of, or prohibitions established by a court, governmental or other authorities; (vi) weaknesses, vulnerabilities and bugs in the software, blockchain networks, smart-contracts, other technologies used in connection with the Services, 51% attacks or similar attacks on Digital Assets’ underlying blockchain networks; (vii) actions, failures to act or inactions of Third-Party Service providers or other third parties, including fraud, loss or theft of funds by such third parties; (viii) system interference and/or destruction by any malicious programs; (ix) power failure, equipment or software malfunction or error; (x) other circumstances beyond our control interfering the performance hereof.

FOSS Licence means a free and open-source software licence that allows for editing, modifying, or reusing software’s source code.

Funds means the Fiat Currencies and/or Digital Assets.

Inactive User Account means a User Account through which no Transaction has been processed for a minimum of six (6) months.

Intellectual Property means any names of services and products, logos, trademarks and other marks, copyrighted content, trade secrets, URLs, domain names, patents, designs, drawings, pictures etc., which may be demonstrated within the Services, C-Patex Information, or otherwise provided by us or on our behalf.

KYC Checks mean identification, due diligence, know-your-client checks, as well as other anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism procedures as may be established by us from time to time.

LCIA means the London Court of International Arbitration.

Licence means a limited, temporary, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, non-sublicensable licence (right) to access and use the Services for their intended purposes on the terms set forth herein.

Notice means a written notice of your claim to any of the C-Patex Parties.

Order means a User’s instruction to buy or sell Funds provided via the Exchange on the terms and conditions outlined in the respective instruction. Orders are placed by Users using the trading interface of the Exchange or other means made available by C-Patex, if any.

Participation Requirements means certain eligibility requirements for the Token Offering participants, as may be determined and implemented in connection with the respective Token Offering from time to time.

Participation Term means a particular term, as may be determined by us or the respective Project, and until the expiry of which all applicable Participation Requirements have to be met and/or completed.

Platform means the Website, App, and any associated software and application programming interface (API).

Prohibited Jurisdiction means any of the following jurisdictions and territories: Argentine Republic, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Republic of Colombia, United Mexican States, Republic of Chile, Republic of El Salvador, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Islamic Republic of Iran, Syrian Arab Republic, South Sudan, United Arab Emirates, United States of America (including its territories: American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Republic of Cuba, Sevastopol and the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, and any jurisdiction or territory in which the use of the Services is prohibited by applicable laws or regulations, or which is subject to a country-wide or territory-wide sanction imposed by any country, government, or international authority.

Prohibited Person means any citizen or resident of, or person subject to jurisdiction of, any Prohibited Jurisdiction, or person subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by any country, government, or international authority, including the EU, OFAC, United Nations Security Council, but not limited to the above.

Project means an entity that is the issuer of or has material interest in particular Project Tokens and is selling the Project Tokens in an Token Offering through the Platform.

Project Tokens means certain digital tokens implemented on the respective blockchain main network that are being sold in a Token Offering.

Restriction Terms means certain lock-up and vesting terms and conditions, as well as other restrictions applicable to the Project Tokens.

Services means the Platform, Exchange, related software, components, and any services offered or provided by C-Patex Parties through the Platform. It is expressly acknowledged that the Services do not include any Third-Party Content and Third-Party Services.

Storage Fee means the Fee charged by us or Affiliates to cover the cost of maintaining the Funds, in cases outlined in these Terms.

Storage Mechanisms means any accounts with banks or financial institutions, Wallets, vaults, or other storage mechanisms you use to receive, hold, manage, or dispose of the Funds outside of the Exchange.

Taxes means any income, earnings, capital gains, sales, use, value-added, or similar tax, arising from your Transactions carried out on or in relation to the Services.

Terms means these C-Patex Terms of Service, together with all agreements and documents incorporated herein by reference, as may be amended from time to time.

Third-Party Content means any content, information, materials, and items provided by third parties or produced from third-party sources, including (i) the description of, links to or elements of the Third-Party Services, (ii) promotional materials and advertisements, other third-party materials and data, (iii) third-party websites and resources, and links thereto, and (iv) any information produced or derived from Third-Party Services or other third-party sources, including blockchain transactions and data pertaining to any Digital Assets, not limited to the above.

Third-Party Costs means any costs, fees, or expenses that are charged by third parties or third-party technologies, including, for example, blockchain gas costs, commissions and fees related to or charged by Third-Party Services.

Third-Party Services means any software, services, items, and solutions that are not provided by C-Patex Parties, such as, for example, merchants, Digital Assets, Wallets, software or hardware wallets, analytic tools, blockchain smart-contracts, payment gateways, payment systems, payment service providers, bank services, bank cards, etc.

Tokens means C-Patex digital cryptographic tokens, having a “PATCH” ticker, to be implemented on the Ethereum blockchain main network or any other blockchain networks as may be determined by us at our sole discretion.

Token Offering means the sale of certain Project Tokens by the Project on the Platform.

Transaction means a certain transaction with the Funds carried out through or in relation to the Services, such as Deposit, Withdrawal, purchase or sale of the Funds, etc.

User means a person that has registered for a User Account.

User Account means an account with the Exchange registered by a User.

Wallet means a pair of public and private cryptographic keys that can be used to track ownership of, receive or spend Digital Assets on a blockchain network. A Wallet does not include your User Account.

Website means the C-Patex website available at https://c-patex.com , including any of its subdomains.

Withdrawal means a Transaction whereby a User transfers certain Funds from their User Account outside the Platform, for example to a Storage Mechanism.

you, your means the person who accepts these Terms, as described in the preamble of these Terms; if you are acting on behalf of an entity, your, you shall refer to both you as an individual using the Services, and the entity on whose behalf you are acting.